Ken Norton stats

Last played for the San Francisco 49ers, 2000

Linebacker · #51

Age 60 · 6' 2"

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Ken Norton played 10 NFL seasons, 1989 to 2000.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
156
TOT
814
SOLO
645
AST
169
SACK
12.5
INT
5
PD
39
FF
7

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
1989DAL130002.5000
1990DAL150002.5000
1993DAL1612398252.0150
1994SF168777100.0151
1995SF169581141.0351
1996SF16127106210.0020
1997SF169570251.5082
1998SF1611391222.0052
1999SF1610175261.0071
2000SF167347260.0020

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
16
TOT
84
SOLO
75
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
2
PD
4
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
156
TOT
5.2
SOLO
4.1
AST
1.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.3
FF
0.0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
1989DAL130.00.000.20.00.00.0
1990DAL150.00.000.20.00.00.0
1993DAL167.76.11.60.10.10.30.0
1994SF165.44.80.60.00.10.30.1
1995SF165.95.10.90.10.20.30.1
1996SF167.96.61.30.00.00.10.0
1997SF165.94.41.60.10.00.50.1
1998SF167.15.71.40.10.00.30.1
1999SF166.34.71.60.10.00.40.1
2000SF164.62.91.60.00.00.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
60 yearsSep 29, 1966
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1988
Birthplace
Lincoln, IL
College
UCLA

Latest performance

Ken Norton

Dec 23 · @ DEN · L 38-9

TOT
8
SOLO
4
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Dec 23atDENL 38-98400
Sun, Dec 17vsCHIW 17-04300
Sun, Dec 10vsNOL 31-278400
Sun, Dec 03atLACW 45-173200
Sun, Nov 19vsATLW 16-65200
Sun, Nov 12vsKCW 21-74300

What were Ken Norton's career stats?

Ken Norton played 10 seasons for the Cowboys and the 49ers. He recorded 814 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 1996: 127 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1989 to 2000

Ken Norton finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 114th in tackles (814)

Among the 9,791 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Ken Norton

Playoff games

Ken Norton played 10 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 6 won, 4 lost.

Ken Norton's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1998GBW 30-2750.00
1998ATLL 20-1850.00
1997MINW 38-2230.01
1997GBL 23-1070.00
1996PHIW 14-0110.00
1996GBL 35-1480.00
1995GBL 27-1790.00
1994CHIW 44-1570.00
1994DALW 38-2860.00
1994LACW 49-2670.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.